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Abraham a Santa Clara

Artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)

Associatedwith Gary Hincks (born 1949)

Date1991

Mediumprinted ink on card

ClassificationsPrints

Dimensions20 x 7.3cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017279

About MeThis work is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.

ABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA
" I have seen that Death is
a Reaper, who cuts down
with his scythe not only
the lowly clover, but also
the grass that grows tall;
I have seen that Death
is a Gardener, who does
away with the climbing
larkspur as well as the
violets that creep along
the earth; I have seen
that Death is a Player,
and indeed a naughty
one, for he knocks down
the skittles and does not
set them up again, and
he takes the king as well
as the pawns; I have
seen that Death is a
thunderbolt that strikes
not only the tumble-
down staw huts, but also
the splendid houses of
monarchs..."
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